On way to mother’s grave

Rainawari’s soccer star fell to CRPF bullets
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Going to offer Fateh at his mother’s grave, Shahid never knew few hours later he would be resting besides her, says Shahid’s father Khalil Muhammad Ahangar.Ahangar’s 23-year-old son was killed in CRPF firing Friday afternoon.

Leaning against a mud wall in a state of shock and unable to speak properly, Khalil recalls: “I loved him for his attitude and behavior. He was more like a friend. His mother passed away in 2001 but he acted as a great support for me.”

A retired government official, Ahangar, after the death of his wife Shafiqa looked after his three sons.Shahid left studies after his mother passed away, his family members said. “Later he developed interest in soccer. He played soccer for district Srinagar and was an agile player. We have many a time taken his prepared tea in the mornings as he would wake up early in the morning to hone his soccer skills,” recalls Muhammad Imran, Shahid’s elder brother.

Imran himself works as a salesman.During the daytime, Shahid worked as a motorcycle mechanic and excelled in the job while working at different workshops in the city.“He learnt new things quickly,” says Muhammad Irfan, Shahid’s second brother.

“He was now planning to set up his workshop and we were looking to hire some place.”Imran said: “Human life has no value here. Killings are a usual phenomenon. Nobody takes cognizance of the situation.”

“He (Shahid) was not pelting stones. He never used to do so. He was just walking at the time of the incident. He was shot by the CRPF personnel at Nowhatta chowk unprovoked,” said Irfan, who referred to the Bomai incident and the futility of government probes.